Piers Morgan proves you can never be too famous, rich or old for your mum to swing to your defence in the middle of a Twitter pile-on.
The Good Morning Britain host's mother, Gabrielle O'Meara, came out fighting on behalf of her adult son last night when Piers' frenemy, Lord Alan Sugar, slammed him on the social media site.
Apprentice presenter Sugar - whose recent Twitter outbursts have seen him call on the media to stop asking hard, 'negative' questions of the government over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak - dubbed Morgan an "utter disgrace" after Piers grilled safeguarding minister Victoria Atkins over the pandemic. "You are a utter disgrace @piersmorgan I don't know who the hell you think you are on your self appointed